TIMING CONTROL UNIT FOR CONTROLLING AN ILLUMINATION DEVICE WITH COHERENT LIGHT SOURCE

An illumination device has a coherent light source that emits coherent light beam, and an optical device that diffuses the coherent light beam, wherein the optical device comprises a first diffusion region that diffuses the coherent light beam to illuminate a first area, and a second diffusion region that diffuses the coherent light beam to display predetermined information in a second area.